2025-04-21- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 | April 21, 2025

Hosted by Matt Jones and the KSR Crew from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM), "Kentucky Sports Radio" (KSR) delivers the latest news and insightful discussions on UK sports and beyond. In the April 21, 2025 episode titled "KSR - Hour 1," Matt Jones reunites with the crew after a stint in the Netherlands, diving deep into roster updates, transfer portal chaos, recent sporting events, and more. Below is a detailed summary capturing the key points, discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode.

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1. Welcome Back and Initial Catch-Up [00:35 - 02:24]

Matt Jones kicked off the show by greeting the listeners and acknowledging his return to Lexington, Kentucky after spending a few weeks in the Netherlands. He emphasized the need to catch up on various topics that transpired during his absence.

Matt Jones [00:35]: Welcome everyone to Kentucky Sports Radio, Monday, April 21. Matt Jones here live back in Lexington, Kentucky after a couple of weeks in the Netherlands. "We got a lot of catching up to do."

The team briefly touched upon the usual communication channels and sponsorships, setting the stage for a content-rich session ahead.

2. University of Kentucky (UK) Sports Roster Updates [02:25 - 09:12]

a. Basketball Roster Changes and New Additions [02:25 - 06:24]

Matt Jones and Shannon "The Dude" delved into the latest roster updates for UK basketball, discussing new recruits and departures. Key players mentioned include:

• Jalen Lowe: A point guard from Pitt, praised for his scoring ability and potential to adapt to the team's dynamics.

  Matt Jones [03:19]: "Jalen Lowe... he can score. He's exactly what we didn't have last year."

• Mohammed Diabate: Described as a "glue guy" known for his physical presence and rebounding skills.

  Matt Jones [04:05]: "Mohammed Diabate... Teams need guys like that."

• Jaden Quaint and Andreas Yellow: Highlighted for their athleticism and potential impact on the team.

  Shannon The Dude [05:36]: "Jaden Quaint... he's 11 years old and still can dunk and do everything."

b. The Transfer Portal Frenzy [06:24 - 09:12]

The discussion pivoted to the overwhelming influence of the transfer portal, with over 2,300 players entering, creating a whirlwind of roster changes.

Shannon The Dude [08:56]: "There are 2,300 people in the portal. That is nuts."

Ryan "Scoop" Lemond expressed his frustration with the unpredictability of transfers, highlighting recent missed predictions that affected the team's prospects.

Matt Jones [09:06]: "The players just keep coming. So you lose a guy, just go get another guy."

3. Recruiting Challenges and "Scoop" Lemond’s Predictions [09:14 - 14:31]

A significant portion of the episode was dedicated to addressing the shortcomings in Ryan Lemond's recent recruiting forecasts, which led to heated discussions among the crew.

Matt Jones [10:21]: "But the portal is unlike high school recruiting because it's like the supply of players is endless."

Scoop had guaranteed the commitment of certain players like Wilkerson and IM Quath, but unexpected transfers to Indiana and other schools resulted in backlash from the audience.

Matt Jones [14:07]: "Everyone is mad at me for what Ryan had said."

The crew emphasized the need for more cautious and verified predictions moving forward, acknowledging the volatile nature of the transfer portal.

Matt Jones [11:42]: "Maybe you should adjust your scoop behavior."

4. Football Team Spring Practice and Roster Confusion [30:37 - 35:35]

Transitioning from basketball, the team addressed the football team's spring practice, revealing a lack of clarity and understanding regarding the current roster.

Matt Jones [30:37]: "I have never... know a football team that I know less than this one."

Key topics included:

• Quarterback Uncertainty: Debates over whether Nick Empanada or Zach Calzada will lead the team.

  Shannon The Dude [31:16]: "Unless something drastically changes, I think it's going to be Zach Calzada."

• Running Backs and Wide Receivers: Introductions of new players like Dante Dowdell and Kendrick Law from Alabama.

  Shannon The Dude [31:53]: "Probably going to be Dante Dowdell from Nebraska."

• Defensive Starters: Naming of players such as Ty Bryant and J.Q. Hardaway.

Shannon The Dude [34:03]: "J.Q. Hardaway is back at cornerback."

The conversation underscored the importance of the crew familiarizing themselves with the new roster to provide informed commentary in future broadcasts.

Matt Jones [35:35]: "We have to need to talk about them this summer. I don't even know who these people are."

5. KSR Website Staff Changes [27:07 - 30:10]

An emotional segment focused on the departure of longtime KSR writer BTI after 18 years. The crew reminisced about BTI’s contributions and the audience's nostalgic attachment.

Matt Jones [28:11]: "BTI has been writing for the KSR website longer than anyone except me."

Audience interactions revealed a longstanding tradition among listeners to playfully insult BTI as a sign of loyalty.

Matt Jones [29:32]: "If you came up to me and you said... 'BTI sucks,'... I gave him two tickets to the game."

Shannon disagreed, emphasizing BTI's value and the community they built together.

Shannon The Dude [29:49]: "BTI definitely doesn't suck. We love BTI."

6. Live Events Coverage [16:01 - 25:35]

a. Tyler Childers Concert Recap [18:50 - 26:22]

The crew shared their experiences attending the Tyler Childers concert at Kroger Fields, highlighting the event's success and the challenges posed by significant attendance.

Matt Jones [19:06]: "I decided not to go. Saw a million videos. Looked awesome."

Shannon recounted navigating through traffic chaos but ultimately enjoying the vibrant atmosphere and performances.

Shannon The Dude [19:31]: "It was very, very cool. We started at KS Bar. Had a good crowd there, actually."

Audience feedback included both praise for the show and humorous grievances about unforeseen disruptions during the event.

b. WrestleMania Highlight: Joe Henry’s Debut [37:26 - 43:05]

The discussion shifted to WrestleMania, where Joe Henry made a memorable debut, captivating both the audience and the hosts with his performance.

Matt Jones [37:26]: "This was the highlight of Wrestlemania for me last night."

Ryan expressed his initial ignorance of Joe Henry, noting the wrestler’s emergence in mainstream sports entertainment.

Ryan Lemond [38:19]: "Shannon, I had no idea who that guy was when he walked through the curtain."

The hosts lauded the impact of Joe Henry’s entrance and performance, marking it as a standout moment in the event.

7. Upcoming Interviews and Future Topics [39:16 - 43:05]

Looking ahead, Matt Jones announced an upcoming hour-long interview with Mark Pope, a significant figure in college sports. The interview's timing coincides with the finalization of the roster, signaling a comprehensive coverage once all details are locked in.

Matt Jones [38:05]: "Mark Pope is going to come on the show for an hour-long sit-down."

Additionally, the crew touched upon the intriguing dynamics involving Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, who appears to be influencing the coaching staff at North Carolina, adding a layer of personal intrigue to the sports narrative.

Matt Jones [41:04]: "She was saying, 'Don't refer to Bill Belichick's son as his son because it downplays what he is.'"

The segment underscored the blend of personal lives and professional responsibilities within the sports community, hinting at future in-depth discussions.

8. Community and Listener Engagement [15:17 - 16:55]

Throughout the episode, the hosts encouraged listener engagement through texting, sharing anecdotes, and addressing listener feedback. Notably, a listener referenced an interaction involving Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, tying in unexpected personal connections to the ongoing discussions about roster changes and recruiting.

Matt Jones [15:31]: "I wish somebody told me that before I met her, we would have had something in common."

This segment illustrated the show's commitment to integrating listener stories and experiences into their broader sports commentary.

9. Conclusion and Teasers for Upcoming Content [43:05 - End]

As the episode neared its end, Matt Jones recapped the day's discussions and teased future content, ensuring listeners remained engaged and informed about the ongoing developments in UK sports.

Matt Jones [43:05]: "That's a lot of movement. All right, we'll take a break. Be right back. KSR."

The episode concluded with a promise of more in-depth analyses and interviews, maintaining the show’s momentum and listener interest.

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Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones [03:19]: "Jalen Lowe... he can score. He's exactly what we didn't have last year."
• Shannon The Dude [08:56]: "There are 2,300 people in the portal. That is nuts."
• Matt Jones [10:21]: "Maybe you should adjust your scoop behavior."
• Shannon The Dude [29:49]: "BTI definitely doesn't suck. We love BTI."
• Matt Jones [37:26]: "This was the highlight of Wrestlemania for me last night."

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Conclusion

In this episode of KSR, Matt Jones and the crew navigated through a myriad of topics, from the tumultuous transfer portal affecting UK sports to personal stories and live event experiences. The discussions were enriched with humor, camaraderie, and a genuine passion for sports, providing listeners with a comprehensive and engaging roundup of the latest happenings. Whether you're a dedicated UK sports fan or a casual listener, this episode offers valuable insights and entertaining commentary to keep you connected and informed.

Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, April 21 I met Jones here live back in Lexington, Kentucky after a couple weeks in the Netherlands. You normally would be able to give us a shot on the Clark's pump and shop phone line, but not today. We got a lot of catching up to do.

[Ryan Lemond]

But stuff has happened since you left.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon The Dude]

Welcome back. I like that your headphones snapped the moment you slow down. Broke right in half.

[Matt Jones]

They snapped right in half. Shows that no matter what, we still have the same equipment here even after I've left.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're all kind of anxious to hear your stories. We kind of, you know, waited till the show so we could talk to you and ask you about what you did. But I'm really excited that you're back.

[Matt Jones]

So I have Shannon 16. Normally I have 12. Today. I have 16 topics over prepared today, aren't you? 16 topics in theory that could be to a segment. We're not going to take any calls today. All right, So I have 16 topics. I think we just do the thing where I say one through 16 and you say it. Some of them are UK sports, some of them are other things that I'm interested in talking about. This will be a lot of sports but also a lot of not sports. We just got to catch up on these last three weeks happened. So 16 things will make a goal of two a segment. Some might be less, some might be more. We might not get through all of them. But let's just go. Drew, I'm going to let you play the pick a number one through 16. Let's just do it. Pick a number one through 16.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, number 10 is my lucky number, so let's just go to number 10.

[Matt Jones]

Number 10, it's actually. You got the one that people probably want to hear the most.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's why I picked it.

[Matt Jones]

Which is the portal and all that stuff.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so that's one. We'll start with that. Kentucky has a semblance of a roster.

[Ryan Lemond]

They do.

[Matt Jones]

So let's talk about who they got since I've been gone. We had the kid from Tulane when I left. Right. What's his name? I've got to learn these people's names. I can't keep calling them. The kid from.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's forgotten because he committed when the tournament was still going on. I think he got overlooked quite a bit.

[Matt Jones]

Sam Williams from Tulane. We had him. Then was. Who was next? Was it Jalen Lowe?

[Shannon The Dude]

Was it the point guard order?

[Ryan Lemond]

Mohamed Diabante, I think was.

[Matt Jones]

No, he was low.

[Shannon The Dude]

Was on a Saturday.

[Matt Jones]

All right. By the way, Shannon, we should consider muting Ryan's mic after the last two or three weeks of scooping.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We're going to have to talk about that as well because the scoop lemon took some hits. Took some hits in the last three weeks.

[Drew Franklin]

Mispronunciation last week either. He doesn't know how to say he took some hits.

[Matt Jones]

But first of all, Jalen Lowe, point guard from pit. I love the fit with the guy from pit. Right. He get. He can score. He's exactly what we didn't have last year. Drew a guy who could go get his own shot. Now he shoots a lot. We're going to have to work that into what we do. But we didn't have a guy who could go get his own basket easily. That's a guy who can do that.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes. I've some seen some people hating on his stats, but he was on a terrible team. I mean, if you watch his highlights, he had to completely play hero ball a lot. So I think once he gets in the system has better pieces around him. You'll see his splits go way up.

[Matt Jones]

I'm very excited about him as a point guard. I mean, he was. I don't think he was our first choice, but I think there was like a choice 2, 3 and 4, and he was in that group. I'm excited about him. Then we got the guy from Alabama. Is it Diabate?

[Shannon The Dude]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Mohammed Diabate. He was one of those like glue, you know, beat you in the face and rebound and punch you in the ear and all that. Teams need guys like that. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Need a big, strong, physical guy down the post. So, yeah, he's that guy. And he played well against us when we played them.

[Shannon The Dude]

He held, oh, way to two points.

[Matt Jones]

He held away to two points. Then we got Jaden Quaint. Who? There's an NBA player, no doubt. Potential top seven or eight pick. He's young. He's. What is he still. I feel like when I read stories, act like he's still 15 years old.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's 11 years old.

[Matt Jones]

He's 11 years Old and he still can dunk and do everything. We wanted great athletes, One of the best defensive players in the country last year on a bad team, he's going to be great for. I think he starts for us. What do you think?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, once he gets healthy, I think he'll start to. ESPN has him going number five to the Raptors and next summer's draft. So that just shows his potential. And I love how. How his dad and he have been talking about how much they love Kentucky because he committed the first time with Cal.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Looked at it again. He's already been in Rupp Arena.

[Matt Jones]

Second time's a charm, right? Yeah, he's. We've got a kid from Croatia who. What's his name? I don't know.

[Shannon The Dude]

Ryan's actually been practicing. This Ryan, let's see if you got.

[Matt Jones]

What's his name?

[Ryan Lemond]

Andreas Yellow.

[Matt Jones]

He. Andreas Yellow.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is that.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's Andrea. I think there's.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know anything about him. Shannon. I've seen the video on the highlight. He looks like the best player ever. I'm sure they don't put his bad plays on the highlight, but give me a Croatian. I like a good Croatian on my team.

[Drew Franklin]

We already have one. We got a second one now. Right. So he's a big guy that can shoot the ball. And let's hopefully get his stomach right before he comes here. You know, he's got to get used to this.

[Matt Jones]

This American food that was a problem for Big Z.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's make sure he's eligible.

[Ryan Lemond]

Start eating American before you get over here.

[Matt Jones]

Start eating. It's a transition. They got different food in Europe. I'm used to that. Like, they got different food. Get him here. I like that.

[Shannon The Dude]

The best part of this, Matt, is he played for the bright pink team we saw in the Bahamas that stayed at the casino with me all night. They did not sleep.

[Matt Jones]

I saw that on Twitter. I didn't realize he played for the Bahamas. Gambling pink team.

[Shannon The Dude]

Remember fundage?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Shannon The Dude]

So he comes from a program. We know well, that's very important to me.

[Matt Jones]

The Betamax. Like you can't get a VHS player. You get a Beta Max.

[Shannon The Dude]

Maybe he's team. No sleep with the rest of them.

[Matt Jones]

I'm in. All right. Now is there. We don't have. That's the group. Right. That's who we have.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's it.

[Matt Jones]

Now we're going to get at least one more, maybe two. Colin Chandler's back, right? Correct away. Enters the draft. I think he. But didn't enter the portal, which I think is important. Which means if he doesn't go the draft, I think he's back here. That's good, right? I think he ends up back here. You've got. I said Noah's back. Brandon Garrison back. He will be on this show on Thursday.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thursday. Okay, nice.

[Matt Jones]

Brandon Garrison will be on this show on Thursday. We're going to talk about how he likes to, you know, give them the old onesie to on the court. Is Travis Perry announced anything yet or.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, I have not seen an announcement, but I also have not heard one peep about him looking elsewhere.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't. But he hasn't made the. Like, I'm back.

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't believe so.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so we. So basically we're one player away. It looks like they're trying to get a shooter. The kid from Kansas, Griffin Ryland. Griffin is visiting tomorrow. There's some scuttlebutt about this kid from Florida, which is odd to me. He would leave. He was the sixth man this year.

[Ryan Lemond]

And on a national championship team and.

[Matt Jones]

Presumably would have started next year. So I don't know what that's about, but I have. I've learned something here, Ryan, since I've been gone.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you get smart on us.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I'm done worrying about the portal.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Because the portal is unlike high school recruiting because it's like the supply of players is like endless. So you lose a guy and they go, oh, Mark Pope whiffed. Whiff. Strike three. And then like five new guys get in the portal the next day.

[Ryan Lemond]

True.

[Matt Jones]

It's not like high school recruiting where, you know, the 50 dudes. And it's not like people are going to get older or better. Drew, in this, the players just keep coming. So you lose a guy, just go get another guy. So we ended up losing some people, but then we got guys who were maybe better. And the same thing is going to happen with these shooters. Who was the shooter? We lost. We lost the kid from usc.

[Shannon The Dude]

That was.

[Matt Jones]

And then we lost the kid to Indiana. Wilkerson.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But now, you may go get a kid, Rylan Griffin, who was a top 40 recruit or the six man on a national championship team. And Drew, it'll be just the same, you know?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, it's been wild, even on Friday. I don't know if Kentucky will get so Yakovic, but his name popped up. I mean, it just keeps going. Hagerty from Memphis, leading score in the entire country last year just pops up. Portal officially closes tomorrow, so I guess it is closing soon. But up until this point, it just keeps going. There's.

[Matt Jones]

I saw someone like salmon. They just keep showing up in the.

[Drew Franklin]

Water, like swimming upstream.

[Matt Jones]

There's a swing. You didn't get one salmon. Just stick your hand in the water and get another one.

[Shannon The Dude]

2,300 people in the portal. That is nuts. Now, not all of those are Kentucky caliber, but that is a lot of people.

[Matt Jones]

So I'm. I'm done worrying about it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now the only thing I am worried about, Shannon, is the mistake of Scoop.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. He hasn't exactly had his best streak here the last week or two.

[Matt Jones]

We need to have a conversation, Scoop.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right, we're ready.

[Matt Jones]

You were, by my count, over 43 in predictions on this.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got over two.

[Matt Jones]

Who was the one you guaranteed right before I left?

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, you said we were getting Yaxel and Fulgur.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't say.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't say we're getting Yaxel.

[Shannon The Dude]

You said two in one week.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, we thought we were going to get to the Spaniard kid from Robert Morris who committed to Iowa, but I never said he was coming.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

I said they're in good position with him. But I did say that we're gonna get that IM Quath, the guy from San Diego.

[Matt Jones]

And then didn't you have another one while I was gone?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And then when Drew and I started the show that morning, we thought, don't.

[Shannon The Dude]

Pull me into it. I said.

[Ryan Lemond]

I said when Drew and I started the show this morning, that the kid from. God. What was his name?

[Matt Jones]

Wilkerson. You guaranteed Wilkerson.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then Indiana came in, like, probably during our show.

[Matt Jones]

During the show?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You think they called during the show and said, scoop Lemon has said this. I need to go.

[Ryan Lemond]

They went to see him. They didn't just call him. They went to see him and made him a better offer and offer to somebody in his family, a position on the staff, so he switched to Indiana.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so is. Let me ask you this. First of all, I think recruiting is different now.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is totally different.

[Matt Jones]

Like, a guy can come in. He's ready to go to a school. Somebody offers more money. Yep, go.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's the world we live in.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's what's going to happen.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think scoop, you should adjust your scoop behavior?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, definitely. I think we all have learned some lessons, Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

We all.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I haven't learned anything I didn't have to learn.

[Matt Jones]

Well, even we'll guarantee anybody. Did you guarantee anybody?

[Shannon The Dude]

I specifically. Specifically said I don't know what.

[Matt Jones]

Wilkerson, did you guarantee?

[Drew Franklin]

No, I did not.

[Matt Jones]

Mario, did you guarantee anybody? All right, so there. So there's maybe one person that needs to learn.

[Ryan Lemond]

The magoon guy. Like all the crystal ball predict. Everybody was had like Kentucky 100%. That was a done deal. And he just changed his mind, wanted to stay home and play at San Diego State.

[Matt Jones]

So back to our. Did we learn a lesson?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm gonna definitely kind of. Kind of chuck it down a couple.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you block the number from your source?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, because he still has really good information. It just changes in a day.

[Matt Jones]

But because you. It changes. Maybe. Should you change how you talk about it? Yeah. So maybe it's not like Scoop lock of the month to. This is where it stands now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Let's see what happens.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Because it's obviously kids are changing their mind overnight.

[Matt Jones]

They are.

[Ryan Lemond]

And then schools are casting a big net, man. And there's a bunch of people in their net, but just salmon in their net.

[Drew Franklin]

Just start calling you Scuttlebutt Lemon instead.

[Matt Jones]

I think he might need to be scuttle. But here's the problem with when Ryan does this. That drew. True story. I'm sitting in the ha. In the Netherlands. Sitting in my room. It's a break. We have just been reading Spinoza.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, wow. What a day.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. We're about to meet with Desmond Tutu's daughter.

[Ryan Lemond]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. She was wonderful.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But I have an hour and a half off and I've got. I've just been reading Spinoza. Been in my philosophical bag, right. And now I'm about to meet the Archbishop, Desmond Tutu's daughter. And I go, well, let's see what's happening in UK World. And I get on Twitter and everyone is mad at me at KY Sports radio. How you gonna guarantee bur? Bur. And then I read it, and it's really. They're mad at Jack Pilgrim and Ryan, but somehow that just becomes me. Welcome, Shannon. What Ryan had said. I didn't know what Jack Pilgrim had said. I was just getting ready for Mrs. Tutu.

[Drew Franklin]

You should ask Ms. Tutu if she had a scoop. Would have been better.

[Matt Jones]

Jones charges 999 for false him. I'm like, I don't. I am with Tutu and I'm at the Hague.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think you run the website anymore.

[Matt Jones]

I don't. And Ryan. So I would ask because, like, the people who blame me for the stuff on the website, like, there's only. So there's nothing I can do about that. Although I don't even think Jack and Jacob. I don't think they did anything wrong either. People just need to calm down. But you, you are someone in theory, in your circle that I have control of.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Can you just, for me, just take a deep breath before you guarantee something? Like, just guarantee it if it's guaranteed.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was at the moment. It just changed. It just changed. He changed his mind. He wanted to stay home.

[Matt Jones]

So I got there and Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, she was talking about when I came up to.

[Matt Jones]

No, she wasn't talking about the recruiting, but when I came up, there she goes. You look worried. That's what she said to me. And I said, lamar Wilkerson picked Indiana and Scoop Limited guaranteed it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't guarantee that.

[Matt Jones]

And everyone is mad at me. So lesson learned.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yes, definitely. Yeah, kind of. It's a different world we live in these days in the transfer portal. Nil. Money.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Eight, five, nine. Well, no, I'm not giving you that. We're not taking any calls. We'll take a break and be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back, Kentucky Sports Radio text machine. Let's get back into texting. Everybody. 772-774-5254. One person writes Matt Archbishop. Bishop Desmond Tutu's daughter went to uk. Look at that.

[Ryan Lemond]

What?

[Matt Jones]

I wish somebody told me that before I met her, we would have had.

[Shannon The Dude]

Something in common and she might have been interested in Lamar Wilkerson.

[Matt Jones]

She Might have been. Maybe I could have broken the scoop was wrong. Sorry, ma'am. I didn't know that. Did you know that I had never heard that before. That would have been nice to know. Apparently we're seeing her again in South Africa. So now I have something to say. Besides you look.

[Ryan Lemond]

There you go.

[Matt Jones]

Besides her saying you look Sad. All right, one through 15.

[Shannon The Dude]

Drew, I'm up again. I will go. Lucky number 13.

[Matt Jones]

13. Rory.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Sweetest thing I've ever seen.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you got a chance to watch it.

[Matt Jones]

I stayed up till like 2:30 in the morning. Did you?

[Ryan Lemond]

Good.

[Matt Jones]

Dude, that was top five sports emotion moment. I think I can. Ever see individual sports give you like an emotion.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That you can't even get in team sports because it's one person. And watching Rory knocks it in the water on the one hole, then comes back, sticks it within four feet on the next hole, then misses a little putt, then hits it in the bunker, then makes a putt, then goes like. It was great. And then watching that seven minutes where he walked.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Was just like. That was theater, wasn't it? I mean, that was theater. That was to me. Drew, why you watch sports whether you like Rory or not? Just that whole thing, like the agony, the ecstasy. I mean, if he had lost, he might have cried for six months. Correct. Straight. Like, it was awesome.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. And it was already going to be exciting when the matchup was set going into Sunday. But he, his legacy was on the line. He would have been known as an all time choke artist.

[Matt Jones]

Would have been like, all right, you're the guy.

[Shannon The Dude]

The US Open last year. And then just the roller coaster. He hits a great shot, you're like, well, he's won it. Then he misses a putt, then he.

[Matt Jones]

Goes 13 in the water is one of the worst shots I've ever seen.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it was one of the worst.

[Shannon The Dude]

So it was a roller coaster.

[Matt Jones]

I know you were pulling for him, Drew. I was definitely pulling for him. Shannon, were you pulling for him or did you want to see him choke?

[Drew Franklin]

No, no, I wanted to see him finish it out. And it was very emotional for him there at the end, just watching him cry as he won.

[Matt Jones]

And it felt real. It didn't feel fake. You know, like some people, like, they get into all that and it feels a little dramatic. Like it felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. Right.

[Shannon The Dude]

You can see him shaking.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Even though he was the leader, I felt like watching it. He was the underdog and I was pulling for him because he'd hit those bad shots. But to Jim Nance credit, he shut up and did. There was.

[Matt Jones]

Shut up.

[Ryan Lemond]

No announcing at all as he walked.

[Matt Jones]

That was Jim Nance at his best. It was right there. It wasn't Jim Nance with a portrait of himself hanging in the living room. That was Jim Nance just shutting up and letting it happen and let the moment happen. And it was. It was awesome.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was very cool. And you could tell when he broke down on the green and got to his knees. I mean, he was just. He was trembling because he was so. And that all that more emotion is all poured out at once on the green.

[Matt Jones]

Normally, you think Justin Rose would have been the. Because he's old, right.

[Shannon The Dude]

And sort of his own master struggles.

[Matt Jones]

And he has his own thing. But, like, everybody was like, get out of here, Justin. Let. Let.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let Roy in the. The extra hole. He hit a great shot. Rory topped it. And then he hit a great shot. Then Rory topped it like it was. That was great.

[Shannon The Dude]

Drama was very gracious.

[Matt Jones]

He was. Because. Because, you know, he has to be disappointed.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And he couldn't have been more gracious. He's.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's led after round one of the Masters five times and never won it. So he kind of had his own stuff on his back.

[Ryan Lemond]

He can do it next year. He can get it next year.

[Shannon The Dude]

It was one of the best.

[Matt Jones]

Like, 82.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, wow, that's really old there.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's like 10 Jaden acquaintances.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. All right, so one through 14, what do you got? Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

11.

[Matt Jones]

11. Tyler Childers concert. I got back. Mario picked me up at the airport, which was very nice. Got back, I was like, I love Tyler Childers. And it would have been neat because, you know, I saw him in Amsterdam seven years ago.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

And it would be neat to go from seeing him with 50 people to seeing him with 50,000. Right, right. But I was exhausted. Long travel issues, which we'll talk about later, But. So I decided not to go. Saw a million videos. I feel like the whole state was there. Looked awesome. He sang that Jersey Giant song, which he never performs. The light show with the drones, etc. So, first of all, look like an amazing show. You win. Was it amazing?

[Shannon The Dude]

And I didn't get to go to Stapleton at Kroger Fields. That was my first Kroger Field concert. It made a great venue, and it felt like there were 3 million people in there. It was very, very cool. We got. We started at KS Bar. Had a good crowd there, actually. Someone played Rocky Top during our Tyler.

[Matt Jones]

What a jerk.

[Shannon The Dude]

I ran. The cold crowd started booing, and I ran over to the wall and hit mute. But we had a good pre game, then headed over the tailgated, and it was a great, great show inside. I loved everything about it.

[Matt Jones]

It was awesome. I mean, I've become friends with. With Jesse and C.J. and Craig, who are in the band, and it was. It's awesome to see two of those guys are Kentuckians. To see this get. Actually three, all three of them. To see it get to be on that stage, it's just got to be awesome. And CJ wore Jared Lorenzen jersey.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. There was a moment where cj, Jesse, and Tyler, they did that thing where they go to another stage in the very middle, and it was just the three of them and they did a song together. So that was really cool, too, knowing them a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Craig's from West Virginia, but he lives in Ashland. But so that was. That was just awesome. Now, the second thing, though, is, you know, Shannon, I like to talk about traffic.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I hear when it was over. I hear when it was over, it was trafficked.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was all of Lexington downtown. Lexi was locked up. The grid was locked up. Well, even the traffic to get to the concert. I think some people miss Winona because they couldn't even get there.

[Matt Jones]

They missed wine owner.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, no, you can't miss wine owner.

[Ryan Lemond]

Miss Wine owner.

[Matt Jones]

I heard that, like, people were just abandoning their cars, handing their children to strangers, and saying, save them. That it was. That. It was that wild.

[Ryan Lemond]

They were pulling off and just walking. They just had to walk.

[Matt Jones]

They just leave their car in the.

[Ryan Lemond]

Road to find some parking spot down by the. What is that? Morton Middle School, and walk the rest of the way.

[Drew Franklin]

The problem, I mean, just everybody trying to come in at once. I mean, they have football games.

[Matt Jones]

Football games there with more people than were there. So what was the problem?

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't know. I got. I got lucky. Abby was driving. We got a police escort home. Unintentionally. We got out in 15 minutes. But I had friends. I'm in bed texting them, and they're still at Kroger Field trying to get out.

[Matt Jones]

People still at Kroger Campfield now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, wow.

[Matt Jones]

They're trying, like, listening to the show, trying to get home.

[Shannon The Dude]

We got very lucky. Got to go the wrong way behind a police motorcycle. I still don't know why that happened, but we got out of there quickly. But behind us, we could just see the mayhem in the rearview mirror.

[Matt Jones]

You should have Parked at KS Bar, if you did.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Because I think that I had people say, that was the play.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was the play.

[Matt Jones]

But, I mean, you know, I love that UK's doing this. I love that it sold out. I mean, I have to say, when they announced it, I thought, well, he'll get a great crowd. But I don't know if he'll sell out 61,000 people. But they did.

[Ryan Lemond]

He stands up there in a Kentucky Strong sweatshirt, you know, just proud of Eastern Kentucky, what they've gone through.

[Matt Jones]

I'm just so proud. I was exhausted, and I just could not. Because, you know, I'm. You get to an age, Shannon, where the number one thing about a concert is where am I going to park? How am I going to get out?

[Drew Franklin]

Can I get. Can I get out?

[Matt Jones]

Can I get out? And I was like, I'm exhausted. I can't deal with all that. But I am, like, insanely proud.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

To see a dude that, seven years ago, in the same city I was just in, had 50 people there eight years ago, and now he fills up Kroger Field. That's got to be awesome. Like, it's only, like, Stapleton's the only guy to do that. Another Kentucky guy, he used to play.

[Shannon The Dude]

For 20 people at Al's Bar and Lexington. I liked at one point, he looks at the crowd, he's like, this is like 250 Al's bars in here. So it was more than that. Yeah, he. I think he messed up the math there. But it was cool to see him shout that out. And just looking around, you could tell he was. He was even impressed by what was in front of him.

[Matt Jones]

Got to work on the traffic, though. You got to work on the traffic. That's a hard place to get in and out.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But. But I. But it look. But it looked like it. It was awesome. And. And do you like the drone show? Do you like all the light?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think it's cool. I think it's really cool. I'd ask Drew, why did they do a rooster, though? I don't know that story. Why they do a rooster.

[Matt Jones]

He has that song, right? Is that why he does it?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, it's some reference in a song. That was very cool.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Well, if you had to, Ms. Wynonna, because of the traffic, that would make me mad.

[Shannon The Dude]

I enjoyed one.

[Matt Jones]

Barry backs ksr. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Drew Franklin]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

So this is a song he'd like never play.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon Jersey Giant, right?

[Matt Jones]

This is Jerry John, Jersey Giant. He hadn't played it in like 10 years.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is there a reason he wrote it?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know the reason why he doesn't play it. But he wrote it and other people have recorded it. But like, you have to be like an old school. Like, he hasn't played it since I've known him. But like, you had to be one of the people that was going and seeing him in Al's bar to have heard him ever. And he brought it back out for the show. So, like hardcore Tyler fans were very excited. I'd heard that he had this song, but I'd never heard him play it once and he played it at that.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I guess did the place explode when he started playing this?

[Matt Jones]

From the people that knew? Yeah, from the people that knew kind of what. What it was. I guess other people have recorded it like other country singers. With storms continuing to hit Kentucky, the Kentucky Chambers continuing their flood relief efforts. For those of our community members in eastern Kentucky, the website is ky chamber.com/2025 storm relief so if you would like to continue to give to the organizations that we gave to during the other storms. KY Chamber.com 2025 Storm Relief let's help our fellow neighbors with the Kentucky Chamber with the flooding. Kychamber.com 2025 Storm Relief Mario 1 through 1333 UK baseball. Yeah, UK baseball goes on the road and for the first time since 2015 beats a top five team on their home field. Beaten Tennessee, the Dirty Vols. Huge win. They're on the bubble for the. For the College World Series. Now it looks like they're going to be on the good side of the bubble at least for the next few weeks. Huge win for the UK baseball.

[Shannon The Dude]

It was awesome. I mean, they lose Friday, then Saturday and Sunday they held Tennessee one of the best offense in the country to three total runs. I watched Sundays. It's three to two in the eighth and they just ran it up on them. Thanks. Scored three and eight two in the ninth. Pitching was outstanding. Both those days they hadn't won in Knoxville since 2016. So huge. Huge Tennessee spoiling Easter weekend.

[Matt Jones]

Tennessee fans are livid, Shannon. They're so angry because on Friday the Kentucky baseball team danced in the locker room. Did you see that? They did like a little. What do you call it? Like not jingo. What's the line like? Congo. Like a conga line. Did you. They did like a conga line during the game and some fan tweeted it out and said, look at these unprofessional Savannah banana type, blah, blah, blah. And then the Savannah banana type losers, which is what I think that guy said, came back and beat him the next two.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. That was a huge, huge series win over the weekend. Now you got Louisville coming up, I think. Is that tomorrow?

[Matt Jones]

That's tomorrow. Tomorrow here in Lexington.

[Drew Franklin]

Big opportunities to get some. Some big wins coming up soon.

[Ryan Lemond]

They needed it. I mean, they'd been having a struggle a little bit. I know they won the series at Texas. Now they won the series at Tennessee. They knew.

[Matt Jones]

But they had had like three or four series where they'd gone into the third game and lost by like one run. And so it was nice of them to get it. And against Tennessee, defending champs. Eat it, Tennessee. Balls. Just eat it. Like they. All these things are so high and mighty. They're the team that talks like all that trash, right? Their coaches up there always fl and they're trying to act like they're the classy team.

[Shannon The Dude]

If teams want to complain about Kentucky's behavior, okay, I hear it out. They can get a little over the top, but not Tennessee, because they're worse. They wear the fur coats and the hats that say daddy. And their coaches are hats that say daddy. I mean, they're. They're much wilder than Kentucky is. So of all teams to complain at Tennessee's not the one that should be doing it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, good. I like that. Mingy Own has fun. Mingy Own told me in Chipotle back in the fall that this wasn't the most talented roster in the world. And yet they still are fighting, and they beat one of the national championship contenders on the road.

[Ryan Lemond]

They seem to kind of be finding themselves a little bit. Like Drew said, the pitching was outstanding this weekend down in Tennessee. So maybe it jump start the rest.

[Matt Jones]

Of their season one through 12. Shannon.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, let's go all the way back to number one.

[Matt Jones]

Let's see what number one BTI has. Has quit.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, rest in peace.

[Drew Franklin]

No, he's not, dad.

[Matt Jones]

Rest in peace.

[Shannon The Dude]

His internship just finally, internship is over.

[Matt Jones]

We're not like the Hunger Games where if you. If you quit, we must murder you.

[Drew Franklin]

You're no use to us anymore. Take them out and back.

[Matt Jones]

Bti, just for the record, has not passed. He. He has been writing for the KSR website longer than anyone except me. Yeah, he was there. It was me, Rob Goodell, and the intern, John Wilkinson. And then BTI was next. Wow.

[Shannon The Dude]

18 years.

[Matt Jones]

18 years an intern. Never made an employee. After all of those 18 years. But he is. He's decided to not write anymore, which I just, you know, he was the original hated KSR rider. Like, fans really would get angry at him because he would take the and I love you, BTI stupidest takes. You know what I mean? He'd. Come on.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think they were intentional, though.

[Matt Jones]

I think John Wall is just not that entertaining and you don't want to keep. What is wrong with you, Brian. But nobody loves the KSR site more. Nobody's written more. I mean, he would write those morning takes and picks to click, picks to click. Rants and ramblings, rants and ramblings. So for old school KSR people. And remember, I will now say it because we won't use it anymore. We haven't used it a lot, but on the very first day that I ever did a radio show, I said to people, if I know you're listening on the first day, you need to say to me one thing. BTI sucks. Because that's what people would say all the time. And there are still people who will scream at me, BTI sucks. And brasso. That's how I know you've listened for a long time. So good luck to bti.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think even title this post BTI Sucks One last time. I mean, BTI definitely doesn't suck. We love bti. It was fun starting our mornings with him all the time. But that, that is a one from the vault. I think we even had a contest giveaway at a madness camp out where you had to run up and say it. It was a big part of the early KSR law. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

If you came up to me and you said, I mean, I gave away tickets to a, to a UK John Wall DeMarcus Cousins home game. I walked on campus and said, the first person who comes up to me on campus and says BTI sucks wins. And within 20 seconds, a girl came up and went, BTI sucks. That's awesome. And I gave him two tickets to the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Definitely tip of the cat to that guy. He's been, he's been a good, good backbone for you guys for a long time.

[Matt Jones]

All right, one through 11. Shannon, let's go.

[Drew Franklin]

10.

[Matt Jones]

10.

[Drew Franklin]

Is that a bad pick? You don't like that? Should I go nine?

[Matt Jones]

No, no, ten's fine. I just don't. Okay, so here's the problem. UK football spring practice occurred and I don't know what happened.

[Shannon The Dude]

I was there and I don't know what happened.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I don't think anybody does.

[Matt Jones]

I talked one day while I was in the Netherlands. I talked on the phone for like four minutes to Mark Stoops. And he said to me something the effect of, so how do you feel like things are going? And I had to just look at him and go, I have no idea. Like, because I don't know anything about this team and I cover it. Like, do you?

[Shannon The Dude]

I know the roster. Now that's a step.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so let's see. Our quarterback is going to be Nick Empanada. Right.

[Shannon The Dude]

Unless something drastically changes, I think it's going to be Zach Calzada.

[Ryan Lemond]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

I was being a joke with Empanada. I did not know his name was Zach. I thought it was Nick. Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Seventh year.

[Drew Franklin]

That's crazy.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so he's a quarterback, 30 years old. Who's our starting running back?

[Shannon The Dude]

Probably going to be Dante Dowdell from Nebraska. Of all my takeaways of the spring game, and it was two hand touch, so it was really hard to form an opinion. They didn't go for very long. He looked pretty good. I mean, he had a couple of running back. If they were actually tackling and weren't stopping him when he got tagged by the safety, I think his first rush would have been a 65 yard.

[Matt Jones]

So our wide receivers will be Macklin and who else?

[Shannon The Dude]

Kendrick Law.

[Matt Jones]

Who's that?

[Shannon The Dude]

From Alabama.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Actually he played at the Super Bowl.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Shannon The Dude]

I get it. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you. I thought, Mario, there's still a gray.

[Shannon The Dude]

Area with true Edwards that they really want to get. He's trying to get the.

[Matt Jones]

Isn't he like trying to get a ninth year or something? Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Where's he from?

[Shannon The Dude]

Louisiana Tech.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Honestly, Quisenberry, the freshman looked very good in the.

[Matt Jones]

We watched his dad play for the Royals, didn't he, Dan?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, he was a related pitcher.

[Ryan Lemond]

Related.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right, go ahead.

[Shannon The Dude]

David Washington Jr. Also looks good in that he's. He was on the team last year, but he's another young guy that didn't really expect.

[Matt Jones]

I see. We got hardly Gilmore back.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

He was hardly gone and now he's back.

[Drew Franklin]

Hardly knew him.

[Shannon The Dude]

That got the response. You could. You could probably assume people didn't love that one as we're fixing the culture and he just got dismissed from Nebraska, but they, they needed to add someone, so.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Offensive line. I'm not going to know anyone on the offensive line, did I see we got a kid who then has already left.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, they did have a transfer, probably because he wasn't going to play.

[Matt Jones]

Also, we got a kid from New Mexico.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Who then immediately went Somewhere else.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Talk about a short stay.

[Drew Franklin]

He didn't even get what could possibly go that badly.

[Matt Jones]

He wasn't going to play.

[Shannon The Dude]

So it didn't look like that might be why I left. I'll say this. I know people have mixed feelings about Jagger through his first three years. Jagger is enormous now. I even saw him out Saturday night. Not in, like, uniforms. And he is massive. And he'll be. They've moved him to center. And then she has Shias Pete from New Mexico State, left tackle. That is a gigantic.

[Matt Jones]

I've heard that. He's a big guy. All right, that's good. Okay, so now I want to play a game. Shannon, how many defensive starters can you name on next year's Kentucky team?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think I can name one. I'm thinking this is a hard game, like I'm drawing.

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm not trying to put Shannon on the spot. I don't know that I could name one.

[Ryan Lemond]

I just know one. Just because he's been in my pool 100 times.

[Matt Jones]

What's his name?

[Ryan Lemond]

Ty Bryant.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, of course I know that. Okay, so Ty Bryant. There's one. Give me another starter.

[Shannon The Dude]

J.Q. hardaway is back at cornerback.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Know him.

[Shannon The Dude]

D.J. waller at cornerback was.

[Matt Jones]

I know him.

[Shannon The Dude]

Breakout last year.

[Matt Jones]

Know him? Yeah. So I know our. All right, I know.

[Shannon The Dude]

I said Jordan Lovett.

[Matt Jones]

Know him. Okay, sorry. I got this.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, now we're starting to get a lot of newcomer. We have Alex Safari.

[Matt Jones]

He's been playing a lot.

[Shannon The Dude]

He played right away.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Then you get to a lot of new names. The defensive lines mostly.

[Matt Jones]

Read me the defensive line.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, you got David Gusta. Gusta. Still learning Met.

[Matt Jones]

Never heard that name.

[Shannon The Dude]

He was a big get from the portal. Josiah Hayes is back. He had an injury last year. Khalil Saunders is back.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Know him?

[Shannon The Dude]

They did. Henry Young transferred out. He was on.

[Matt Jones]

That's the guy from Ohio State. He's gone. Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Then there's a Humphrey Grace. He's new.

[Matt Jones]

Humphrey Grace.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think he goes McQuees.

[Shannon The Dude]

Humphrey Grace. Yeah. Had a good service yesterday over Humphrey Grace.

[Matt Jones]

He was like. We made him an elder. Humphrey Grace.

[Shannon The Dude]

We caught the sunrise at Humphrey Grace.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

Then Sam Green from usc.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, I remember him transferring. He's a new addition. He's good. Yeah, The. The.

[Shannon The Dude]

The linebackers are pretty new. Yeah. Rayner, he was on the team. Other than that, they've added.

[Matt Jones]

I thought he was our kicker.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, there was a difference.

[Drew Franklin]

He's beefed up in the off season.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're moving him over to kicker to linebacker.

[Shannon The Dude]

I was at the spring game holding a actual roster in my hand and I still struggle with what the defensive look.

[Matt Jones]

I say all this to not make any judgment about whether we're going to be good. I just have never. You have to go back to before I started this radio show to know a football team that I know less than this one. I just don't know this team. I don't know who's on it. I've not seen. I didn't get to go to any spring practice. Clearly I don't know anything about them. So one of the things I'm going to do over the next few weeks is just try to learn because we're going to need to talk about them this summer. I don't even know who these people are. And I just think if I don't know and you don't know Ryan and you don't know Shannon and Drew in, our football fans are going to have no idea who's on the field next year. Don't you agree?

[Ryan Lemond]

100%. And the offense just so many new faces. New quarterback, new running back, new receivers, new line. They're all new. The one position I think they got, they do have some familiar faces back is tied in.

[Matt Jones]

You know, they do have Willie Rodriguez.

[Shannon The Dude]

Cattus is back.

[Ryan Lemond]

Cattus, yeah. So that's. That's maybe the one position they've got the most names that people know.

[Shannon The Dude]

You got Wilcox and Patterson in the backfield.

[Matt Jones]

And they had worried though, we moved our kicker to linebacker. He was a good kicker.

[Shannon The Dude]

We added a running back yesterday from New Mexico State.

[Ryan Lemond]

Another New Mexico State block for him.

[Matt Jones]

Did we. Did we somebody just go on vacation in New Mexico and just go. I like all these guys.

[Shannon The Dude]

A lot of movement.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of New Mexico. All right, we'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

Joe Henry. Yeah. This was the highlight of Wrestlemania for me last night. I'm not Gonna lie to you. Shannon didn't even know who this guy was. Yeah, never. I, I, I'm, I'm kind of been off on the independent scene. But he's at TNA and for people who didn't watch WrestleMania, long story short, wrestler gets hurt. They got a feeling with somebody. They call this guy on Saturday and go, hey, can you fly to Vegas and wrestle? And he comes out and this is his song. And he's. I can't even do justice to the, like, you just have to see the video. And Shannon, I loved it. The whole crowd was chanting his name. And now literally all morning I've been going like, play the start again. Just hit it from the start again. I've been doing this like all. More. That's a great song. He literally became popular just because his song is catchy.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon, I had no idea who that guy was when he walked through the curtain. But there he was in WrestleMania. Joe Henry.

[Matt Jones]

I believe in Joe Hendrix.

[Ryan Lemond]

So nobody knew who was coming out.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, some. No, nobody knew it was coming out. Wrestling fans, like hardcore ones, know who this guy is, but most people don't.

[Ryan Lemond]

So they're all watching.

[Matt Jones]

And here comes this guy I believe in place, loses it because he's such a goofball looking guy. And I'm sorry, just go watch the video and you'll, you'll like. All right, I got 10 topics, five segments. We're not gonna get through all of it, so let me just, I'm gonna get through some of it, but let me just give a couple things. First of all, Mark Pope is going to come on the show for a hour long sit down, really. But he is asked to, he wants to come on when the roster is finished. Okay, so here's a little tidbit. When you hear me announce the date he's coming on, then you're going to know the roster is finished.

[Ryan Lemond]

Roster's over.

[Matt Jones]

But that also, by implication means Drew, the roster is not finished. Because he, he was, we were going to try to do it this week or next week, next week's derby. And then he was like. And then his people were like, can we wait till the roster's finished? So that means the roster's not finished, Drew, because he will come on here when the roster is finished.

[Shannon The Dude]

Portal still open for another day. He has work to do. And. But once he's finally ready to come on, it'll be great to hear for him, especially in the long form like that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So we haven't gotten to do a long interview. What's probably gonna happen is I'm gonna tape it with him just like freestyle. So we don't do commercials and all that. And then we'll edit it into the show and just play it one day during the show.

[Ryan Lemond]

Anxious to hear it because like we've said, when you were gone though, this time last year he had no, nobody. Now we've got a roster we can win with. Even though he's going to add some more guys, I think this is still a roster we can win with next year.

[Matt Jones]

Otago way. Cut his hair. Shaved it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shaved it.

[Matt Jones]

Gone.

[Shannon The Dude]

All business.

[Matt Jones]

All business. No pleasure. Do you like it? Mario? When are you doing it?

[Ryan Lemond]

He said he's not doing it.

[Matt Jones]

You got the same hair. Follow away. You know, Tyler says follow you to Virgie. You follow away to. To a nice dome. What'd you think of it?

[Shannon The Dude]

It looks good. You know, I thought his hairs might be his hairs. His hair might be part of his powers last season. I hope it's not the case. He's trying to look clean for the draft. I don't think that is. But it's. It's a good look for him.

[Ryan Lemond]

I take it as almost like a commitment. Man, I am all business this year. There's no flash. I'm business. I'm here to win.

[Matt Jones]

You don't think maybe he just wanted to cut his hair?

[Ryan Lemond]

It could be.

[Shannon The Dude]

Maybe he's going to be Yankees.

[Matt Jones]

All right. One through ten. Ryan eight. Bill Belichick's girlfriend.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, boy.

[Drew Franklin]

What's she up to now? 26.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, let me just say. Let me just say, Bill Belichick's girlfriend, do your thing. I'm not hating, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But the video from the spring practice is amazing. I mean, she looks like to me, she's running the program now. Yeah, right. She's wearing this jacket, these boots. She's walking around telling people. You can see her going, we're going to need to do this and that. And Belichick, who is known as a control freak, just seems to be cool with it. I will tell you, Shannon, I'm fascinated.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I am.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's. I think it might be the best story in college football is that relationship. I'm not at saying like, should he date or should not? Like, who cares? It's their lives. I don't care. But just their interactions. And if you worked at North Carolina and Bill Belichick's 25 year old girlfriend, Shannon is telling you what to do. That's got to be crazy, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Former KSR writer is One of the people that works there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Apparently when you were gone, there was like an email chain among the staff, and she was in on it and she was contributing to the.

[Matt Jones]

So she was saying, don't refer to Bill Belichick's son as his son because it downplays what he is. And can you imagine if you worked at North Carolina? Are you serious?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, the athletic uncovered. Then when he got hired, he said to CC her on all emails.

[Matt Jones]

Unbelievable.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

I want you to just think about TJ for a minute. Worked at Kodak, comes to kstv, comes to ksr, then had to work with Cal in the Cal being difficult era. Okay. Goes to North Carolina, and now he's working with Bill Belichick's girlfriend.

[Shannon The Dude]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Can you. I haven't even talked to him about it, but can you imagine, Drew, we know him very well. Can you imagine what this is like? He thought he was, like, getting away from the Cal experience, and now he has the Bill Belichick girlfriend experience.

[Shannon The Dude]

And they thought they were hiring a legend. And now everything's just filtering through. Her with no experience, like, everything.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, she may be the. But everything's filtering through, like, tick tock. It's unbelievable. It's the most bizarre story in sports. We'll take a break. Be right back. KSR.